How to Install and Uninstall ros-base Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the ros-base on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ros-base" package

Please follow the steps below to install ros-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ros-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ros-base" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ros-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ros-base package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ros-base
Source: ros-metapackages
Version: 1.16
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ros-core, libnodeletlib-tools
Description: Python Robot OS base metapackage
Description-md5: 32d0cd858f2f38c615d8b31456a4f79f
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros-metapackages/ros-base_1.16_all.deb
Size: 2852
MD5sum: ea0bef314db9a162d965bb67edfbaddf
SHA256: 31812f614c808167659eaa70613b403d0dd09fee6d26e8c153f0dc0a0b936c63